Scholarships for child care are drying up. Now families are paying the price Posted May 9, 2025 For parents who need to work but can't afford the steep cost of child care, federally funded scholarships can be a lifeline. Delivered through state child care as…
Cooking with kids teaches healthy eating, life skills and more Posted May 2, 2025 To raise adventurous, self-sufficient and health-conscious eaters, get kids in the kitchen. It may sound too simple, but those are just a few of the benefits w…
Student magazine encourages high schoolers to stop scrolling and engage with impactful student journalism Posted April 29, 2025 They may belong to the TikTok generation, but a group of Australian high schoolers is reviving the classic tradition of the student magazine. The teens believe it…
Healthy school lunch program expands in Tasmania Posted March 27, 2025 In Tasmania, a school lunch program is giving children a healthy diet and building relationships around the dining table. The number of schools taking part in the scheme
College tuition has fallen significantly at many schools Posted February 10, 2025 The cost of college keeps spiraling ever higher, right? Not necessarily. New research indicates students are paying significantly less to attend public universities than they w…
Losing your kids to doom scrolling? Greece is building a government app for that Posted February 3, 2025 Greece announced plans to enhance parental oversight of mobile devices in 2025 through a government-operated app, that will help get digital age verification and browsing controls…
Some elite US universities favor wealthy students in admissions decisions, lawsuit alleges Posted January 24, 2025 Children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities, according to new filings in a class-action lawsuit originally brought a…
Plastic waste pays school fees in impoverished Lagos community Posted January 17, 2025 For Nigeria’s poorest communities, finding the money for school fees can sometimes seem like an impossible task. But some parents are collecting plastic waste to pay for their chi…
Literacy materials dropped by many schools face new pressure from struggling readers’ parents Posted January 13, 2025 A lawsuit filed by a pair of Massachusetts families is adding to the backlash against an approach to reading instruction that some schools still use despite evidence that it’s not…
More states are ditching exams as high school graduation requirements Posted December 14, 2024 When Massachusetts voters decided to ditch the state's standardized tests as a high school graduation requirement on Election Day, they joined a trend that has st…